Man gets 2 life terms for Va. teenager’s slaying

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LOVINGSTON, Va. (AP) — A man convicted of abducting and killing a Nelson County teenager was sentenced Wednesday to two life terms in prison.

Nelson County Circuit Judge J. Michael Gamble imposed the sentence recommended by jurors who convicted Randy Taylor in the August 2013 death of 17-year-old Alexis Murphy, according to media outlets. Her body has never been found.

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